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ALA Midwinter Meeting 2005, Boston, MA

Mary Wallace, Chair

Topics of discussion:

• Add to the ALA website a weblography
• Starting a collection management listserv
• Discussed previously submitted PLA program proposal-Boston 2006
• Aired ideas for ALA 2006 program, no action taken, deadline is May 1.
• Discussed ALA Strategic Plan

In old business, we discussed setting up a "Collection Management in Public Libraries" Listserv. Mollie Pharo, co-chair of the Collection Managers discussion group, will help provide a list of potential subscribers. Then, the committee talked about the webliographies we began working on at Annual last year. Each webliography will focus on a different issue related to collection management. These resources will be hosted on the PLA website. We made assignments and set an initial deadline.

In new business, we discussed our program plans for PLA and ALA 2006. Then, we spent the remainder of our time reviewing "ALA: Ahead to 2010."

Members present: Mary Wallace, Carolyn Weeks, Bruce Schauer, Marghie Thompson, Theresa Plummer, Elissa Miller, Susan Pober, Bill Biles, Mary Ellen Wilson

Visitors: Mollie Pitaro, Lorri Lessey, Art Weeks

ALA Annual Conference 2004, Orlando, FL

Marghie Thompson and Susan Pober, Chairs

Our committee is working to add useful content to the Collection Management committee section of the PLA website. Topics under investigation include World Languages, Graphic Novels, Opening Day Collections, Floating Collections, ebooks. The plans is to gather collection development resources (emphasizing information which is available electronically) on "hot" topics.

The committee is also putting together a collection development in public libraries Listserv-which will also be hosted on the PLA website.

Members present: Susan Pober, Bill Biles, Raylynn Hughes, Carolyn McCown Anderson (incoming member), Marghie Thompson, Bruce Schauer (also attending Workload Committee)

Members absent: Elissa Miller, Laura Lent, Mary Wallace

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